Governing Global Banking
Subtitle: The Basel Committee and the Politics of Financial Globalisation (Global Finance)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: February 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780754619062
Subjects: Banking; Globalization; Standards; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; State supervision; Banks & Banking; Banks and banking, International; Banks and banking, Internation
First sentence: The end of the Bretton Woods system, precipitated by the unilateral decision of the United States government in August 1971 to end its commitment to exchange gold for dollars at $35 an ounce, brought about a fundamental change in the management of the international economy.